Center for Civic Education
Michael Blauw has a diverse work experience in the field of education and policy. Michael currently serves as the Director of Civic Learning and Strategic Partnerships at the Center for Civic Education. Prior to this, they worked as an Education Policy Consultant at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. At Harvard University, they held two roles: Senior Manager of Partnerships and Engagement at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, and Curriculum and Pedagogy Manager at the same center. Michael also served as an Instructional Impact Consultant at Generation Citizen and as a Founding English Teacher at RePublic Schools. Additionally, they worked as a Writer and Policy Communications Associate at the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE), as an A.P. Government Teacher at Hamilton Community Schools, and as a Fulbright Scholar at the U.S. Department of State. Michael began their career as a White House Intern and later became the Assistant Director to the Washington Honors Semester at Hope College.
Michael Blauw earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Political Science, History, and Secondary Education from Hope College from 2008 to 2012. Michael then went on to pursue a Master's Degree in Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education from 2016 to 2017. In addition, they obtained a Michigan Secondary Provisional Certificate with endorsements in Social Studies (RX) in April 2012.
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Center for Civic Education
The Center for Civic Education is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Los Angeles. The mission of the Center is to promote an enlightened and responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles and actively engaged in the practice of democracy in the United States and other countries. The Center’s programs are implemented with the assistance of a network of public- and private-sector organizations and educational leaders in every state and congressional district in the country and in more than eighty other countries, many of which are emerging democracies. The Center’s work has been the subject of numerous books, studies, and professional articles, including Professor Brian Schultz’s "Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way," as well as two documentary films, including the award-winning feature The World We Want. The Center began as an interdisciplinary Committee on Civic Education formed at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1964 to develop more effective curricular programs in elementary and secondary civic education. In 1969, the Center became affiliated with the State Bar of California. In 1981, the State Bar of California established the Center for Civic Education as an independent nonprofit organization. The Center's main programs are We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution, Project Citizen, and Foundations of Democracy. Independent research has found them to be the most effective programs in the field of civics and government.